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  1. CIPC self service centres Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban will be closed on 15 May 2026
Notice 26 of 2026 May 12, 2026
  1. Providing the Commission with accurate and up to date information of directors
Notice 25 of 2026 April 29, 2026
  1. Scheduled System Maintenance
Notice 23 of 2026 April 22, 2026
  1. Automation of Co-operative Director Amendments
Notice 22 of 2026 April 21, 2026
  1. Temporary delays in responding to disclosure and finance enquiries
Notice 21 of 2026 April 20, 2026
  1. Introduction of Live Chat support
Notice 20 of 2026 April 10, 2026
  1. Compliance Checklist Report Non-Profit Companies
April 1, 2026
  1. Co-operative that has been directed to change name
Notice 18 of 2026 March 7, 2026
  1. Customer Enquiry Management System (CEMS)
Notice 17 of 2026 March 23, 2026
  1. Non-complying entities with issued compliance
Notice 15 of 2026 March 12, 2026
  1. CIPC Easter weekend closure
March 12, 2026
  1. CIPC launches a Case Management System

Notice 14 of 2026

March 12, 2026
  1. Change of contact details using a new passport
Notice 10 of 2026 March 11, 2026
  1. Non‑compliance with company and close corporation re‑instatement evidence requirements
Notice 12 of 2026 March 9, 2026
  1. Closure notice: CIPC self service centres – Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban will be closed on 13 march 2026
Notice 11 of 2026 March 5, 2026
  1. CIPC public sale notice
Notice 09 of 2026 March 1, 2026
  1. Processing delays in business and company reservations
Notice 08 of 2026 February 25, 2026
  1. Young Ideas — South Africa’s Future Gold StandardCIPC IP Youth Awards 2026
Media Release 1 of 2026 February 20, 2026
  1. Notice of Direction to Change Name in Terms of Section 11 of the Co-operatives Act, 2005 (Act No. 14 of 2005), as Amended
Notice 05 of 2026 February 4, 2026
  1. Delays in companies and close corporations re-instatements card payments
Notice 03 of 2026 January 21, 2026
  1. Inventor Assistance Program (IAP) Success Story
January 20, 2026
  1. Prospectus filing requirements
January 12, 2026
  1. Disparity of registration and Incorporation dates
Notice 01 of 2026 January 09, 2026
Disparity of registration numbers and incorporation dates notice_01.pdf January 7, 2020
Discontinuation of third party model Notice 4 January 31, 2020
Compulsory Name Reservation for Co-Operatives Notice 5 January 31, 2020
Expansion of mobile service Notice 6 February 17, 2020
CIPC call affected by network coverage Notice 7

February 25, 2020

Non-receipt of emails from CIPC Notice 8 February 26, 2020
Co-operatives Forms Notice 10 March 2, 2020
Company, close corporation and co-operative services during government lock down of South Africa March 3, 2020
New E-services Functionality: Registration of Co-operatives Notice 11 March 3, 2020
Migration of name reservation functionality to new platform Notice 12 March 4, 2020
Non-readable documents submitted to CIPC for processing Notice 13 March 20, 2020
CIPC Call Centre on Corona virus (COVID 19) Notice 14 March 20, 2020
Notice 17 of 2020 Notice 17 March 24, 2020
Available automated services Customer notice April 1, 2020
Company, close corporation and co-operative services during government lock down of South Africa No number April 15, 2020
Intellectual Property Notice 21 April 30, 2020
Recommencement of services Notice 23 May 1, 2020
Essential Services Certificate issued by CIPC Notice 24 May 1, 2020   
Business Rescue Filing Notice 25 May 6, 2020
Patents & Designs, Copyright and Trade Mark Divisions – National Lockdown Level 4 Notice 26 May 6, 2020
Printing granted and published content Notice 7 May 12, 2020
Phasing out of deposit system Notice 28 May 19, 2020
New process for updating customer code contact details/password reset Notice 35 May 20, 2020
CIPC Call Centre now open to assist customers Notice 28 May 21, 2020
Customer transacting durind Covid-19 No date May 23, 2020
CIPC Call Centre now open to assist customers Notice 28 (2) May 21, 2020
Phasing out of deposit system Notice 28

May 19, 2020

Printing granted and published content Notice 7 May 12, 2020
Patents & Designs, Copyrght and Trade Mark Division National LPatents & Designs, Copyright and Trade Mark Divisions – National Lockdown Level 4ockdown Level 4 No number

May 6, 2020

Business Rescue Filing No number May 6, 2020
Essential Services Certificate issued by CIPC Guidance note May 5, 2020
Recommencement of services Notice 23 May 1, 2020
Intellectual Property No number

April 30, 2020

Company, close corporation and co-operative services during government lock down of South Africa Notice 21

April 13, 2020

Available automated services No number April 1, 2020
New process for updating customer code contact details/password reset Notice 32

June 4, 2020

Companies, close corporations regulatory compliance during government lock down of South Africa Notice 34

July 13, 2020

New method of issuing confirmation Notice 35 July 15, 2020
Acknowledgement of the appointment of business rescue practitioners Notice 36 July 15, 2020
Recommencement of referral for deregistration of non-compliant companies and close corproations Notice 37

July 20, 2020

Audited annual financial statements: Requirement to disclose remuneration and benefits of directors and prescribed officers

Notice 38

July 21, 2020
Pending final deregistration of companies and close corporations Notice 39 July 27, 2020
Impact of load shedding on CIPC Notice 41 September 3, 2020
Submission of Annual Financial Statements using Generally Recognized Accounting Principles (GRAP) in XBRL Notice 43

September 15, 2020

New email addresses for applications relating to co-ops amendments Notice 44 September 28, 2020
Re-commencement of companies and close corporations regulatory compliance obligations

Notice 49

November 2, 2020
New e-services functionality: on-line co-operative registration now available Notice 46 November 9, 2020
Uploading on new-eservices for on-line co-operative registration

Notice 51

November 20, 2020
Disparity of registration numbers and incorporation dates Notice 4 January 29, 2021
Business Rescue mailboxes Notice 6 February 5, 2021
Requirement for letter of no objection Notice 7 February 5, 2021
CIPC new automated processes Notice 8 February 10, 2021
New E-Service: New Company Registration (Short Standard Profit (Cor15.1a) And Non Profit Company Without Members (Cor15.1c)

Notice 11

February 16, 2021
Name reservation e-service process Notice 10 February 16, 2021
Discontinuation of primary co-operatives manual submission February 25, 2021
Requirement to voluntarily disclose solvency and liquidity test performed in the annual financial statements Notice 15 March 2, 2021
Amended Notice In Respect Of Issuing Patent Certificates Notice 20 April 9, 2021
Domain name registration via CIPC Notice 22 May 9, 2021
Automation of Business Rescue Proceedings, Business Rescue Practitioner Licensing and Business Rescue Practitioner Appointment

Notice 25

May 24, 2021
Amendment of registration certificate (Form Cor14.3) issued via New e-services platform

Notice 27

May 25, 2021

Delay in release of automation of business rescue proceedings, business rescue practitioner licensing and business rescue practitioner appointments

Notice 28

May 28, 2021
List of Accredited Professional Bodies whose members are eligible to be licensed as business rescue practitioners as at 01 June 2021

Notice 29

June 6, 2021
Essential services certificate Guidance note June 29, 2021
Delay in dispatch of documents Notice 34 July 5, 2021
Rotation of Auditors In terms of section 92 of the Companies Act Notice 35 July 12, 2021
Discontinuation of enterprise search on the CIPC e-services website

Notice 36

July 13, 2021

CIPC file transition project Notice 38 July 23, 2021
Notice to Accounting and Auditing professional bodies

Notice 39

August 3, 2021
Temporary change in submission requirements for changes to company MOI (FORM COR15.2) Notice 42

August 23, 2021

External Company Registration (FORM COR20.1) Notice 43 August 24, 2021
The protection of personal information and the CIPC Notice 44 August 31, 2021
Status on file transition to the new bulk storage facility No date August 31, 2021
The protection of personal information and the CIPC No date September 9, 2021
Disqualified directors letters Notice 79 December 17, 2019
Commencement of deregistration notification to companies and close corporations Notice 45 July 9, 2019
Roll-out of Annual Return “hard-stop”
Annual return and AFS / FAS technical challenges Notice 11 of 2019 February 6,  2019
Self Service Centres offline
Scheduled System Maintenance
Website unavailability notice
System Downtime
File transition project – impact on business operations
CM29 Electronic Lodgment
Scheduled maintenance on all CIPC systems
Restoration procedure for final deregistered companies and close corporations
Non Profit Companies to Comply with Annual Returns
Electronic CoR39 Passwords
Waiver in respect of penalty fees due to the late filing of annual returns until 30 September 2013
Operational requirements in respect of electronic filing of new trade marks, patents, designs and copyright applications with the CIPC
Lodgment of priority documents in respect of patents, designs and trade marks in electronic format
Lodgement in electronic format of certain documents in terms of trade marks Act
Electronic lodgement of patents
Notice of non profit companies duty to comply with Annual Returns
Guide to submitting company and close corporation applications via dedicated email addresses
Lapse of legislation fee exemption for conversion from a close corporation to a company
Use of name reservation symbols September 9, 2021
CIPC Scan to e-mail requirements September 9, 2021
Important notice to customers about CK2 September 9, 2021
Discontinue acceptance of cheque deposits September 9, 2021
Dedicated mailbox for company name changes September 9, 2021
Director changes now done electronically September 9, 2021
Closure of disclosure addresses and the resubmission of requests for copies of documents September 9, 2021
Notice to directors September 9, 2021
Revised PCC 24 on verification requirements of South African companies and close corporations in terms of the FIC act September 9, 2021
New filing channel for listed Companies and their Subsidiaries at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) September 9, 2021
Disparity of company registration September 9, 2021
Payment method discontinued (cheques) September 9, 2021
Final deregistration of companies and close corporations referred for deregistration due to non-compliance with annual returns during January 2013 September 9, 2021
ID number verification September 9, 2021
Lodgement of e-services applications September 9, 2021
Processing of Company and CC September 9, 2021
Patent Registration September 9, 2021
Pending review of the Companies and Close Corporation re-instatement process (CoR40.5) September 9, 2021
Closure of companies queries in the enquiries queue September 9, 2021
Warning against fraudulent activities September 9, 2021
Withdrawal of non-binding opinion dated 27 Oct 2011 Disclosure of directors’ remuneration September 9, 2021
Delay in processing business rescue proceeding applications September 9, 2021
Compliance requirements – companies act, 2008 as amended September 9, 2021
Appointemnt of Acting Commissioner September 9, 2021
Notice Clarification on Liquidation documents to be submitted to CIPC November 2013 September 9, 2021
Problem with practice numbers of auditors September 9, 2021
Email channel functionality up and running September 9, 2021
Notice to accounting and auditing professional bodies: Independent review survey 2021 Notice 48 of 2021 September 21, 2021
Important changes to CIPC electronic platforms relating to short standard private and short standard non-profit without members company registrations Notice 49 of 2021 September 23, 2021
Filling of joint business rescue practitioner appointments Notice 50 of 2021 September 29, 2021
Status on file transition to the new bulk storage facility Notice 44 of 2021 September 30, 2021
CIPC Call Centre operating hours Notice 52 of 2021 October 18, 2021
Filing of co-operative annual submission of information to the registrar (annual returns) and compliance requirements of annual financial statements (AFS) using XBRL Notice 52 of 2021 October 19, 2021
Commencement of deregistration notification to companies and close corporations Notice 53 of 2021 October 20, 2021
Appointing and resignation of auditors using the online services Notice 58 of 2021 November 23, 2021
Compliance obligations of companies and close corporations in business rescue Notice 61 of 2021 November 29, 2021
Public companies contravening annual financial statements filing obligations Notice 59 of 2021 November 30, 2021
Co-operative that have been directed to change names by the registrar of Co-operatives Notice 60 of 2021 December 1, 2021
Requirements for Company and Close Corporation Re-instatement in terms of regulation 4(2)(b) Practice note – no number December 9, 2021
Company registration numbers for application lodged during the festive season break Notice 1 January 8, 2019
Licencing of Business Rescue Practitioners Notice 2 of 2019 January 11, 2019
Relocation of Pretoria Self-Service Centre Notice 3 of 2019 January 11, 2019
Relocation of Sunnypark Office Notice 4(2)of 2019 January 18, 2019
Launch of Automation of Shares Notice 4 of 2019 January 23, 2019
New interactive voice recording (IVR) launched Notice 5 of 2019 January 31, 2019
Alternative administrative description for directors of companies and members of close corporations where company or close corporation is finally deregistered Notice 9 of 2019 February 1, 2019
Roll-out of Annual Return “hard-stop” Notice 12 of 2019 February 8, 2019
Reversal of incurred penalty fees for 2019 for Annual return Filings Notice 13 of 2019 February 8, 2019
Filing of Annual Financial Statements No number February 14, 2019
Explanation on and intention of Practice Notice 1 of 2019 Notice 3 of 2019 February 21, 2019
Mandatory submission of financials when filing Annual Returns (“Hard-stop”) Notice 21 of 2019 March 4, 2019
Successful launch of auto shares Notice 23 of 2019 March 11, 2019
Patents and Designs fee increase – 2019 No number March 19, 2019
Emailing of certificate / documents to customers Notice 26 of 2019 March 20, 2019
Changes on the Identification Process for Company Registrations Notice 25 of 2019 March 20, 2019
Office Closure During Easter Weekend No number April 4, 2019
Reservation of name for co-ops as per amended co-ops act, (No 6 of 2013) Notice 31 of 2019 April 4, 2019
Migrating of manual registration for primary co-operative limited (Form CR1, CR5, CR4/CR8) Notice 30 of 2019 April 5, 2019
Application for the registration of the secondary and tertiary co-ops Notice 32 of 2019 April 5, 2019
Patents & Designs, Copyright and Trade Mark Divisions – National Lockdown Level 4 No number May 6, 2019
Decrease of Co-operative registration fee and amendment of constitution in terms of the amended Co-ops Act (No. 6 of 2013) Notice 36 of 2019 May 29, 2019
Processing requirements for the removal of directors Notice 42 of 2019 May 30, 2019
Challenges with companies registered without names Notice 37 of 2019 May 30, 2019
Reason(s) for removal of director by the shareholders in the notice meeting Notice 42 of 2019 June 18, 2019
CIPC 2019 XBRL Taxonomy for public consultation Notice 44 of 2019 July 4, 2019
CIPC inLine eXtensible Business Reporting (iXBRL) Taxonomy Updated Notice 49 of 2019 July 8, 2019
Commencement of deregistration notification to companies and close corporations Notice 45 of 2019 July 9, 2019
Unauthorised use of CIPC name, abbreviations and logo Notice 48 of 2019 July 29, 2019
Deregistration Notice 49 of 2019 August 8, 2019
CIPC E-mails protocol Notice 63 of 2019 October 3, 2019
Compulsory Name Reservation of co-operatives Notice 60 of 2019 October 9, 2019
Processing Requirements For Removal Of Co-Operative Directors Notice 61 of 2019 October 9, 2019
Unexpected filing notifications received after pilot resting iXBRL Notice 63 of 2019 October 11, 2019
Retraction of Notice 64: IP online Downtime Maintenance Notice 65 of 2019 October 16, 2019

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Notice 67 of 2019 October 29, 2019
Deactivation of e-mail filing of company, company address, company name changes from 1 December 2019 Notice 68 of 2019 November 1, 2019
Filing of documents in terms of regulation 168 Practice notice 70 of 2019 November 12, 2019
Downtime for name reservation back-end release Notice 75 of 2019 November 29, 2019
Appointment Certificate issued to inspectors in terms of section 209 Notice 72 of 2019 November 29, 2019
Financial Accountability Supplement Notice 74 of 2019 December 2, 2019
Office Closure No notice number December 3, 2019
Disqualified director Notice 79 of 2019 December 17, 2019
Financial Accountability Supplement is now working Notice 75 of 2019 December 26, 2019
Registration Numbers Notice 1 of 2018 January 15, 2018
Renovations taking place at the sunny park patent offices Notice 2 of 2018 January 24, 2018
Guidelines on appointment of Accounting Officer Notice 4 of 2018 February 6, 2018
Close Corporations without Accounting Officer (Act of 1984) Notice 6 of 2018 February 22, 2018
Close Corporations without Accounting Officer (Act of 1984) Notice 6 of 2018 February 23, 2018
B-BBEE Application on e-services Notice 15 of 2018 March 3, 2018
Enquiry System for logging tickets Notice 8 of 2018 March 6, 2018
Pilot of new online filing method Notice 14 of 2018 March 13, 2018
List of Accredited Professional Bodies 28 March 2018 March 28, 2018
Important Notice to Accounting Officer Notice 12 of 2018 April 16, 2018
CIPC information technology infrastructure migration May 18, 2018
Voluntary Audits June 8, 2018
Mandatory submission of annual financial statements (AFS) and financial accountability supplement (FAS) when filing annual returns as from 01 July 2018 Notice 42 of 2018 June 27, 2018
CIPC XBRL portal as from 01 July 2018 Notice 44 of 2018 July 11, 2018
Activation of new e-mail addresses for Business Rescue Practitioners filing Notice 47 of 2018 July 23, 2018
CIPC XBRL taxonomy data model for public consultation Notice 48 of 2018 July 25, 2018
Annual Financial Statements and Financial Accountability Supplements Notice 52 of 2018 August 8, 2018
Notice regarding dies-non August 17, 2018
Roll-back of Annual Return “Hard-Stop” Functionality Notice 61 of 2018 September 3, 2018
Re-Deployment of Annual Return “Hard Stop” Functionality on 01 October 2018 Notice 62 of 2018 September 20, 2018
Notice of Appointment of Business Rescue Practitioner (C0) Notice 65 of 2018 October 4, 2018
Automation of paper based disclosures for Companies and Close Corporations Notice 67 of 2018 October 12, 2018
Invitation for Public Comment on Draft Companies Amendment Bill Notice 68 of 2018 October 15, 2018
Voluntary Audits Notice 60 of 2018 October 16, 2018
To provide reason(s ) or not for removal of directors by the shareholders Notice 74 of 2018 November 12, 2018
Submitting valid email and cell phone numbers for directors/members for companies and close corporations Notice 70 of 2018 November 16, 2018
Enquiry System – Multiple Attachments Notice 77 of 2018 December 11, 2018
Availability of CIPC files: status on files at the new bulk storage facility Notice 1 of 2017 January 5, 2017
Disparity of company registration and incorporation numbers Notice 2 of 2017 January 13, 2017
File transition project – impact on business operations Notice 4 of 2017 January 23, 2017
Name reservations Notice 5 of 2016 January 27, 2017
Reminder of discontinuation of posting document copies Notice 9 of 2017 February 3, 2017
Self-Service Terminal Partners Notice 10 of 2017 February 16, 2017
Important Notice to all recognised Accounting Proffessions for Close Corporations Notice 12 of 2017 February 21, 2017
CIPC launching new landing / home page Notice 14 of 2017 February 24, 2017
Requirements for updating cellphone numbers and e-mail addresses Notice 17 of 2017 March 1, 2017
Reminder for customer to file eservices new company registration and directors changes via upload functionality on CIPC website Notice 18 of 2017 March 3, 2017
Discontinuation of manual application for (standard private company Notice 24 of 2017 March 30, 2017
SA Post Office salary dispute Notice 45 of 2017 July 17, 2017
Intoduction of additional payment method Notice 40 of 2017 July 19, 2017
Drop Box Co-operatives Notice 42 of 2017 August 11, 2017
Introduction of additional option for retrieval of memorandum of incorporation documents Notice 43 of 2017 August 21, 2017
Relocation of the CIPC cape town self service Centre and system downtime. Notice 45 of 2017 August 21, 2017
Notice 46 of 2017_Implementation of additional payment method Notice 46 of 2017 August 23, 2017
Submission of Annual Financial Statements Notice 50 of 2017 October 2, 2017
Disclosure of Remuneration and Benefits of Directors and Prescribed officers in Annual Financial Statements Notice 52 of 2017 October 10, 2017
CIPC JSE office closure during festive No number November 28, 2017
Final Deregistration of Companies and Close Corporations Notice 61 of 2027 December 14, 2017
Final Deregistration of Companies and Close Corporations which fail to file annual returns Notice 62 of 2017 December 14, 2017
Changes on e-Services Website Notice 65 of 2017 December 18, 2017
Changes on Free Disclosure and Retrieval of MOI Documents Notice 66 of 2017 December 20, 2017
Domain Name Registration Notice 67 of 2017 December 20, 2017
Finally Deregistered Companies and Close Corporations which fails to File Annual Returns within 30 business days after the successful processing of application for Re-reinstatement of Deregistered Company (CoR40.5) Notice 16 of 2018 April 15, 2016
Filing of Financial Accountability Supplements (COR30.2) by Companies and Close Corporations Notice 51 of 2016 October 10, 2016
Closure of Office during Festive Season Notice 50 of 2016 October 12, 2016
Requirements for certification of documents Notice 54 of 2016 October 21, 2016
False notification regarding repeal of close corporation act, 1984 and forced conversion for close corporation to companies Notice 53 of 2016 October 31, 2016
Update: Availability of CIPC files and movement of such to the New Bulk Storage Facility Notice 55 of 2016 October 31, 2016
Notice challenging filed information (COR168) Notice 56 of 2016 October 31, 2016
Automation of company name changes Notice 62 of 2016 December 1, 2016
Seminar Invitation to th Practical Implemantation of Co-operatives Amendment Act December 2, 2016
Requirements relating to copies of smart id cards Notice 63 of 2016 December 7, 2016
Additional “compliance status” field on disclosure certificates Notice 65 of 2016 December 21, 2016
Disparity of company registration No number

January 29, 2015

Payment method discontinued (cheques) No number

February 3, 2015

FINAL DEREGISTRATION OF COMPANIES AND CLOSE CORPORATIONS REFERRED FOR DEREGISTRATION DUE TO NON COMPLIANCE WITH ANNUAL RETURNS DURING JANUARY 2013 No number

February 4, 2015

Lodgement of e-services applications No number

February 11, 2015

ID number verification No number

February 11, 2015

Patent Registration February 13, 2015
Processing of Company and CC Notice 7 of 2015

February 13, 2015

Pending review of the Companies and Close Corporation reinstatement process (CoR40.5) No number

February 27, 2015

Closure of companies queries in the enquiries queue Notice 11 of 2015

March 3, 2015

Warning against fraudulent activities Notice 12 of 2015

March 6, 2015

Withdrawal of non-binding opinion dated 27 Oct 2011 Disclosure of directors’ remuneration “Important notification”

March 12, 2015

Delay in processing business rescue proceeding applications Notice 17

April 2, 2015

Compliance requirements – companies ACT, 2008 as amended No number

May 6, 2015

Appointemnt of Acting Commissioner Notice 23 of 2015

May 12, 2015

Notice_Clarification on Liquidation documents to be submitted to CIPC_November 2013 Notice 37 of 2015

May 27, 2015

Email channel functionality up and running Notice 38 of 2015

June 22, 2015

Hybrid CK2 from additional services link on the website Notice 39 of 2015

July 3, 2015

Removal of director in terms of section 71 of companies ACT, 71 of 2008 Notice 40 of 2015

July 8, 2015

Notice to all CEO Professional bodies in accounting and auditing industry: Compliance Requirements, Companies Act 71 of 2008 Notice 43 of 2015

August 7, 2015

Replacing notice 35 of 2015 with notice 43 Discontinuation of uploading of certain documents via CIPC Website Notice 35 of 2015

September 4, 2015

Problem with practice numbers of auditors Notice 34 of 2015

October 28, 2015

Closure of revenue mailboxes Notice 58 of 2015

November 11, 2015

Office closure during festive season Notice 60 of 2015

November 23, 2015

Objection regarding submitted COR39/CK2 through eservices Notice 62 of 2015

December 7, 2015

Rotation of Auditors Notice 63 of 2015

December 21, 2015

Delay in real time payments Notice 64 of 2015

December 21, 2015

Dedicated mailbox for company name changes  Notice 1

September 24, 2014

Closure of disclosure addresses and the resubmission of requests for copies of documents Notice 2

October 1, 2014

Notice to directors Notice 3

October 7, 2014

Backlog on CoR39 Eservices Notice 4

October 22, 2014

Revised PCC 24 on verification requirements of South African companies and close corporations in terms of the FIC ACT Notice 5

December 2, 2014

New filing channel for listed Companies and their Subsidiaries at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Notice 6

December 5, 2014

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